Transmission on continental

[ninanitnat]

I have had a new torqe converter put in to my 2000 continental, it seems that every time i drive it for a while my check transmission light comes on and then when it shifts it does so hard. I have had it back in to the shop but there is some question to what is causing it? Wondering if anyone has had same problem?

[usefuladvice]

Originally Posted by ninanitnat

I have had a new torqe converter put in to my 2000 continental, it seems that every time i drive it for a while my check transmission light comes on and then when it shifts it does so hard. I have had it back in to the shop but there is some question to what is causing it? Wondering if anyone has had same problem?

I have a 99 Continental and it does the same exact thing. It sometimes kicks in real hard. I have reached 82K miles. I do need to flush the fluids but don't want to spend the money until I know if there is something else that needs to be done first. ANy ideas ?

[ninanitnat]

Originally Posted by usefuladvice

I have a 99 Continental and it does the same exact thing. It sometimes kicks in real hard. I have reached 82K miles. I do need to flush the fluids but don't want to spend the money until I know if there is something else that needs to be done first. ANy ideas ?

Well I am going to take it in to a dealer to have them run a scan on it and then will take it back to my transmisson guy and go from there. I have 70k on mine?

[ninanitnat]

I have since had to rebuild the transmission, it seems the fly wheel was bent and it was eating up the torque converters and they in turn were spitting metal all in the transmission. So it seems everything needed to be replaced.

[DC Kelley]

Originally Posted by ninanitnat

I have since had to rebuild the transmission, it seems the fly wheel was bent and it was eating up the torque converters and they in turn were spitting metal all in the transmission. So it seems everything needed to be replaced.

Did they also replace the pressure piston that drives the clutch in front of it? Seem like from what people are posting and what the service bulletins say, that is often the real cuprite for shudder, slipping off the line, going unexpectedly in neutral, and other problems. [ See http://www.autosafety.org/autodefect...ansmission.htm for the best damn summary of this I have seen]

What a great forum, When this started to occur to me, the ODB-II codes for the transmission was useless, as was the service manual in trying to figure this all out in my case. Now I well armed with knowledge and can proceed. In my case ('98 Centennial) these symptoms have existed for over a year but the transmission works great in every other respect. I had thought that having Jiffy-Lube change the fluid might have brought it on. Now I see it the the [poor design of the engagement piston (not the clutch, and not the convertor) that is the root of this. I am going to have the filter changed and see it there is any metal debris found and then see if I can find a competent transmission man (I have a healthy disrespect for unproven transmission shops).